Buratai Applauds Supreme Court’s Ruling On LG Autonomy

<h4>Buratai Applauds Supreme Court&&num;8217&semi;s Ruling On LG Autonomy<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;"><strong>OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;strong><&sol;a> reports that the former Chief of Army Staff&comma; Lt&period; Gen&period; Tukur Buratai &lpar;retd&period;&rpar; has hailed the judgement delivered by the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to local governments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In his official statement&comma; Buratai&comma; who also served as Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin&comma; appraised the verdict labelling it transformational and a radical change that will redirect the fortunes of the local governments in the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also commended the federal government for the bold initiative at the Supreme Court and applauded the judges too for upholding justice during delivery&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&comma;<em><strong> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;this is transformational and radical change that will redirect the fortunes of the local governments in the country&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;I commend the federal government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR for instituting the case in the SC and also commend the SC for this landmark judgement”<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&period; Buratai further said that &&num;8220&semi;the Tinubu Renewed Hope Agenda is truly manifesting positively for the good of democracy and for the common man&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Furthermore&comma; he highlighted some of the cardinal points of the judgement of the Supreme Court Judges which are allocations are to be paid directly to Local Government Councils immediately&comma; appointment of Caretaker committees is illegal and unconstitutional&comma; and that no governor has any powers to appoint any CTC amongst others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the Supreme Court’s ruling is a significant victory for local government autonomy&period; It has set a precedent for future cases involving local government autonomy and financial independence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; the ruling will have far-reaching implications for the country’s political landscape&comma; as local governments gain greater control over their finances and L<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">ocal Government Councils<&sol;a> will now be able to deliver services more effectively to their communities&comma; without interference from state governors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Aside from that&comma; it will have a positive impact on grassroots development&comma; including grassroots security&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It would be recalled that the Supreme Court declared on Thursday that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold funds allocated for local government administrations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The seven-man panel&comma; in the judgement delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim&comma; declared that the 774 local government councils in the country should manage their funds themselves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The apex court held that the power of the government is portioned into three arms of government&comma; the federal&comma; the state and the local government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The court further declared that a state government has no power to elect a caretaker committee and a local government council is only recognisable with a democratically elected government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;